Murray Lachlan Young
| Murray Lachlan Young | |
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| Born | United States |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | British |
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Murray Lachlan Young is a British performance poet whose humorous work enjoyed a spectacular but brief vogue during the mid-1990s. He was the first poet to be given a £1 million record deal,[1] when he signed to EMI amid a blaze of publicity in 1996. He released one album, Vice And Verse.
Young was born in the United States to a Scottish father and an English mother.[2] He was living and working in west Cornwall but he left to live in London.
Young had a small role as a gallows poet in the film Plunkett and MacLeane (1999). He also played the brother of Louis XIV in the 2000 film, Vatel.[3] He played the part of 'Annoying Party Guest' in the 2002 film About a Boy.
Young is now a regular poet on BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live as well as being the resident poet on BBC 6 Music.
Young married the singer Zoë and had two children but they separated in 2009.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Life after million pound poetry". BBC News. 2006-01-13.
- ↑ Mike Wade (2003-06-25). "£1m poet makes reluctant return to the limelight". The Scotsman.
- ↑ "Bespoken Word : Murray Lachlan Young". BBC.